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Beef & Roasted Pepper Pinwheels Recipe

Colorful basil leaves and roasted sweet red peppers add a festive touch to roll-ups featuring a garlic-cheese spread and deli meat.—Virginia Anthony, Jacksonville, Florida

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Beef & Roasted Pepper Pinwheels Recipe

Prep: 30 min. + chilling

Yield: 24 Servings

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Ingredients

3 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese
1/3 cup crumbled farmer or ricotta cheese
3 tablespoons minced chives
1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
1 small garlic clove, minced
Dash salt
Dash pepper
3 flour tortillas (8 inches), room temperature
12 fresh basil leaves
1/2 cup julienned roasted sweet red peppers
6 slices deli roast beef
1 tablespoon reduced-fat mayonnaise

Directions

Combine the first seven ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
Spread 1/4 cup cheese mixture over each tortilla; layer with basil leaves, red peppers and beef. Spread mayonnaise over beef. Roll up tightly; wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Unwrap and cut each into eight slices. Yield: 2 dozen.

To Make Ahead: Prepare the roll-ups the day before; remove plastic wrap and slice as needed.

Nutritional Facts 1 piece equals 42 calories, 2 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 6 mg cholesterol, 106 mg sodium, 4 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Beef & Roasted Pepper Pinwheels in Taste of Home Christmas Annual Annual 2010, p9